What are you listening 2 now?

[Mirror Image]

Indeed. I am revisiting these discs one by one after a longish hiatus. Both works here are fascinating.

Very nice. Did you buy this series individually or did you buy the box set? I bought them as they were released.

[Traverso]

Nice!  I don't know that particular work, but I do have some recordings with LAF of Charpentier. which I enjoy. 

PD

This recording is an absolute winner,you will love it.

The ensemble is named after this  piece!

[Que]

Nice!  I don't know that particular work, but I do have some recordings with LAF of Charpentier. which I enjoy. 

PD

This recording is an absolute winner,you will love it.

The ensemble is named after this  piece!

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Les Arts Florissants is a chamber opera in five scenes by Marc-Antoine Charpentier, written in 1685 for Marie de Lorraine, Duchess of Guise. The story of the opera concerns the Arts, shown flourishing under the beneficent and peaceful reign of Louis XIV, as they become drawn into a dispute between La paix (Peace) and La discorde (Discord). After a brief struggle in which Discord gains the upper hand, Peace appeals to Jupiter to intervene on her behalf. Discord and his followers are chased back into hell by a hail of thunderbolts, and Peace holds sway once more. This benchmark recording by William Christie and his eponymous group, Les Arts Florissants, was originally released in 1982.

[André]

Very nice. Did you buy this series individually or did you buy the box set? I bought them as they were released.

Individually, over the years. Except for no 7 which I never bought because I have the sinfonia di sfere and the bassoon concerto in other versions.

[Mirror Image]

Individually, over the years. Except for no 7 which I never bought because I have the sinfonia di sfere and the bassoon concerto in other versions.

Ah, but that performance of the Bassoon Concerto is the best one available! The work Landscape is also rather nice.

[listener]

arrived this morning
ANTHEIL:  2 Serenades for String Orchestra,  The Golden Bird,  Dreams (ballet)
Württembergisches Philharmonie Reutlingen    Fawzi Hamer, cond,
Ricardo CASTILLO (1894-1966)
Paál Kabá (ballet)  Esteleas de Tikal,  Quiché Achi (incidental music), Absctracción, Instantáneas Plásticas,  La Doncella Ixquic
Moscow S.O.    Antonio de Almeida, cond.

[Mirror Image]

NP:

Beethoven
String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132
Quatuor Ebène

[André]

Pièce concertante is a work for chamber ensemble. Pezzo fantasioso saw light as a flute and violin duo, o which added a basso continuo part later (here played by the cello). Tapis is a piece for string ensemble and is one of Yun's most famous works. Teile dich Nacht is a set of 3 poems (Nelly Sachs) for soprano and chamber ensemble.

A varied program with fascinating, constantly shifting interplay of instruments.

[Mirror Image]

NP:

Penderecki
Symphony No. 5, "Korean"
Polish National RSO
Wit

[vers la flamme]

Claude Debussy: Printemps. Jean Martinon, Orchestre National de l'ORTF

In honor of the coming springtime in the southern hemisphere  I don't listen to this work much, but I'm not sure why. It sounds good. I'm almost reminded a bit of Delius here.

[VonStupp]

Johannes Brahms
Serenade 1 in D Major, op. 11
Serenade 2 in A Major, op. 16

Gewandhaus - Riccardo Chailly

I love Brahms' Serenades, the first a little bit more than the second, but I think I prefer them a little breezier, wooing me gently in the summer evening.

Chailly hits these hard, almost Beethov-ian in intent, yet the Gewandhaus is a well-oiled machine here.

[Mirror Image]

NP:

Beethoven
String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132
Quatuor Ebène

[JBS]

primeiro escute uma nova chegada

[André]

In the South is a bit stolid here. Well done, but uneventful and a tad prosaic.

The symphony however is another matter. Marriner hits the right tempos and, more importantly, the emotional weight of the work is beautifully brought out. The 1990 recording from Henry Wood Hall, London, sounds splendid.

[vers la flamme]

Johannes Brahms
Serenade 1 in D Major, op. 11
Serenade 2 in A Major, op. 16

Gewandhaus - Riccardo Chailly

I love Brahms' Serenades, the first a little bit more than the second, but I think I prefer them a little breezier, wooing me gently in the summer evening.

Chailly hits these hard, almost Beethov-ian in intent, yet the Gewandhaus is a well-oiled machine here.

That's funny... now playing:



Johannes Brahms: Serenade No.2 in A major, op.16. Andreas Spering, Capella Augustina

Sounds good to me... Don't know these works very well.

[DavidW]

From recent discussion... wow so great!



I'm talking about the concerto for orchestra.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Not as nice as the Szymanowski you've been listening to! Now, that is a nice disc.

The Leonhardt/JSB disc is amazing though! 😄

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

arrived this morning
ANTHEIL:  2 Serenades for String Orchestra,  The Golden Bird,  Dreams (ballet)
Württembergisches Philharmonie Reutlingen    Fawzi Hamer, cond,
Ricardo CASTILLO (1894-1966)
Paál Kabá (ballet)  Esteleas de Tikal,  Quiché Achi (incidental music), Absctracción, Instantáneas Plásticas,  La Doncella Ixquic
Moscow S.O.    Antonio de Almeida, cond.

I enjoyed listening to the Castillo album last week!

[Mirror Image]

NP:

Schnittke
Symphony No. 3
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
Jurowski

[DavidW]

Nice MI! (Schnittke and the Beethoven)